Chelmsford
Caesaromagus - The Field of Caesar
12 miles from
Durolitum was Chelmsford better known then as Caesaromagus - The Field of
Caesar. The Roman town is to the west of the crossing of the main London to
Colchester road over the Rivers Cam and Chelmer, beneath the modern town of
Chelmsford. The Latin name means "Caesar's Field", possibly indicating
that it was on this site that Claudius Caesar fought and vanquished the
remaining British armies prior to the taking of the British capital Camulodunum
(Colchester, Essex). The settlement was part-enclosed by earth defences during
the period AD160-200, but these were levelled during the first quarter of the
third century.
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